Orejano Canyon A Union Pacific Stack Train battles the steep grade and Curves above Cliff. The train has just exited Tunnel 7 and will soon plunge into Tunnel 8. A Massive concrete retaining wall... (more)

BNSF 5425 South is exiting Tunnel No. 5 at Cliff, CA. The classic SP era searchlights are about to fall and, with them, the codelines that marched along the right of way all across the land.

Exiting tunnel 5 at the north end of Cliff siding, CP 7054 leads this Fresno to West Colton extra in the late afternoon as it heads for Tehachapi Summit.

Snaking through the southern end of Cliff, UP 6524 brings up the rear of a northbound manifest as it passes a waiting BNSF intermodal train on one side and the remains of a recent derailment on th... (more)

Coyotes howl throughout the hills around the secluded railroad location of Cliff, while the quiet chirp of crickets is silenced by the approaching horn of a BNSF manifest. Moments later, the roar ... (more)

UP 8803 lugs a hefty manifest up through Cliff and into a small patch of sunlight as a passing storm system blankets most of the surrounding hillsides across Tehachapi.

There's something about a spring morning on Tehachapi that just has that "right" feeling. Such was the case as the sun crept above a row of clouds and spilled onto the length of this sou... (more)

A Worm With An Identity Crises. UP 5288 leads a 13,000-ton, loaded grain train carefully down Clear Creek Ravine and past the long abandoned Tunnel 4 on the 5,900-foot long train's decent t... (more)

With it's mid-train, "swing helpers" having just ducked into the darkness of Tunnel 5 in the background at Cliff, BNSF 8022 leads the headed of this snaking Fresno-bound grain train towa... (more)

While not covering the hills in masses like past springs have produced, splashes of color can still be found in the hills of Tehachapi as found here at Cliff. BNSF 7037 is seen breaking the silenc... (more)

Exiting the west portal of Tunnel 5, Amtrak's detouring Coast Starlight snakes downgrade from Cliff toward Bealville as a Union Pacific signal maintainer pauses from opening the gate to the privat... (more)

Rounding the horseshoe curve at the northern end of the Cliff siding, Amtrak 14, the northbound Coast Starlight, prepares to enter Tunnel 5 during its decent of Tehachapi Pass. To the left and off... (more)

Every one of the nine EMDs on this eastbound SP coal drag--including the four here on the rear--are screaming in notch 8 to lift 10,000 tons up the steep grade at the east end of Cliff. The coal i... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

An eastbound Santa Fe manifest, led by a GP30 and a half-dozen GP35’s, passes two Southern Pacific SD9’s on a work train at Cliff. Caliente is visible over the cab of the lead unit. All of the... (more)